Prince

Released: November 29, 2019

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

[Verse 1]
Well, I'm a hard-working boy
'Cause my mama didn't raise no fools
She told me go out and get a job, yeah
As soon as I got out of school

She told me how to catch and hold a woman
Before she told me 'bout the birds and bees
She said, "baby, oh, money don't grow on
Money don't, money don't, money don't grow on trees"

[Chorus]
Money don't, money don't grow on trees, yeah
(Grow on trees) Yeah, darling
Money don't, money don't grow on trees
(Grow on trees)

[Verse 2]
Well, I'm a hard-working boy
It's the only way to stay alive
You can't get anywhere daydreaming (daydreaming)
So you better get a 9 to 5

Unless you can dance like Fred Astaire
You better think about a college degree
'Cause baby, baby, money don't (money don't)
Money don't, money don't, money don't grow on trees

[Chorus]
Money don't, money don't grow on trees
(Don't grow on trees) Ah, listen to me now, yeah
Money don't, money don't grow on trees, yeah
(Don't grow on trees) Listen to me now

[Bridge]
We do what we do (we do what we do)
My mama didn't raise no fool (mama didn't raise no fool)
You can't dance like Fred Astaire (dance like Fred Astaire)
Better get on the street
Everybody up, get up and move your feet, yeah

[Chorus]
Money don't, money don't grow on trees
(Don't grow on trees) Ah, listen to me now
Money don't, money don't grow on trees, yeah
(Don't grow on trees) Oh, break it down one time

I need my money (he needs his money)
Like a hog needs slop (What you say, brother?)
Baby, baby, I need my money
Don't, wanna stop, oh no
I love making money, money, money, money, money, money
Hey, yeah, ooh
Money, money, money, money, money, money, oh

If you can't do like Fred Astaire
Best think about a college degree
Look, baby (baby), honey (honey)
Money (money), money (money)
Money don't grow on trees

[Chorus]
Money don't, money don't grow on trees
(Don't grow on trees) Don't ya know, money
Money don't, money don't grow on trees
(Don't grow on trees) No, oh, said money

Money don't, money don't grow on trees
(Don't grow on trees) Baby, no
Money don't, money don't grow on trees
(Don't grow on trees) Yeah

Money don't, money don't grow on trees (don't grow on trees)
Money don't, money don't grow on trees (don't grow on trees)
Money don't, money don't grow on trees (don't grow on trees)
Money don't, money don't grow on trees (don't grow on trees)

Money don't, yeah

An American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and actor that produced 22 RIAA-platinum albums during his 40-year career, Prince may be known for one of many different things – his turn as “The Kid” in the iconic film/album/8 ½ minute ballad “Purple Rain”, being the writer behind the acclaimed anthem “Kiss,” rivaling Michael Jackson at the pinnacle of his career, being the inspiration behind censorship laws, or being the artist addressed as an unpronounceable symbol throughout the 1990s—but while many know of Prince, most don’t fully understand the impact his legacy left on this world.

Going by many aliases throughout his life, Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958 with his father’s (John L. Nelson) stage name as his own given one. Growing up, Prince suffered from serious epileptic seizures at a very young age, but he had wrote his first composition of many by age seven, and outside of his love for basketball, he wanted music to be his purpose in life. His tumultuous childhood, witnessing alcoholism and abuse, caused him to find refuge in neighbor André Cymone’s home in his teens, where the two competed in local band competitions, leading to Prince’s introduction to Morris Day alongside music with his cousin’s band 94 East, leading him to be courted by record labels and ultimately signed to Warner Bros. Records with complete creative control; at 19, his debut album, For You (1978) was released – Prince played all 19 instruments on the record.

Influenced by the likes of Miles Davis, Rick James, and James Brown, Prince desired to form a music dynasty and after the success of his next albums – the platinum-selling Prince (1979), the sexually-charged Dirty Mind (1980), and politically-motivated Controversy (1981) – he negotiated for the ability to form his own label and manage artists of his own. Prince’s trademark sexual/religious rhetoric within pop-and-dance, funk-rock sound gained him a following, but his opening slates for Rick James and The Rolling Stones were both negatively received and facing bankruptcy, the young artist began to reach for mainstream popularity. Cashing on the drug-influenced doomsday mania of the times, 1982’s 1999 easily achieved that mainstream appeal, landing him on MTV, music charts, and radio stations across the world.

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